1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 21, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 351 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 .DISCUSSION... INITIAL BAND OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MO IS LIKELY TO BE ONLY THE FIRST WAVE...AS NEW CONVECTION IS ATTEMPTING TO FIRE ALONG COLD FRONT FROM FAR NE KANSAS INTO NE OKLAHOMA. WILL KEEP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GOING THROUGH THE EVENING AS COLD FRONT MOVES INTO UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. ETABUFR SOUNDING IN FAR SE KANSAS SHOWS MLCAPES OF AROUND 2500 J/KG BY 00Z. LARGE AREA OF THIS CAPE EXISTS IN THE -10 C TO -30 C LAYER...SO THINK LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY. WIND PROFILES ARE NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL AND RELATIVELY WEAK...SO TORNADIC THREAT IS LOW EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MO NEAR THE WARM FRONT WHERE A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. UP UNTIL 345 PM...CONVECTION NEAR THIS BOUNDARY HAS BEEN CONFINED TO AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE CWA HOWEVER. BAND OF CONVECTION NEAR THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT. CHILLY CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL THEN BUILD RAPIDLY INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. VERY TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE WINDS LIKELY REACHING 20 TO 30 MPH TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. NEXT CONCERN IS WITH POTENTIAL FROST/LIGHT FREEZE. SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY SEE MID 30S IN SOME SPOTS...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY STAY UP ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD FROST. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING ARE ANOTHER STORY...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS DROPPING OFF. LOW TO MID 30S ARE LIKELY...AND SOME TRADITIONALLY COLDER SPOTS COULD DROP JUST BELOW FREEZING. A FROST ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. EXTENDED FORECAST HAS LOW CONFIDENCE LEVEL WITH MULTIPLE SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH. HAVE FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE FAIRLY CLOSELY AFTER TUESDAY. BROWNING && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...CUMULUS FIELD SHOULD CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCT TO OCCASIONALLY BKN DECK AROUND FL030. POCKET OF STRATUS/STRATOCUMULUS OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE JLN AREA FOR A COUPLE HOURS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BKN-OVC CIGS NEAR FL030 POSSIBLE. KEPT JLN TAF VFR BUT POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SOME BORDERLINE MVFR CIGS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AT THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT/DRYLINE MARCH ACROSS THE AREA. POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AT THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER KEPT HAIL/WIND OUT OF THIS TAF ISSUANCE PENDING MORE DEFINITE TIMING/INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 25KT POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THIS TAF CYCLE. ROBUST COLD AIR STRATOCUMULUS DECK SHOULD BLOSSOM FRIDAY MORNING ONCE THE SUN BREAKS OUT. IZZI && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221100-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
100 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
...SEVERE STORMS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH:
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT.
MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN FORECAST TO DEVELOP
OVER EASTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING INTO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BETWEEN 5 PM AND 9 PM. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND AN
ISOLATED TORNADO EXISTS WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE
BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS ALOFT WILL INITIALLY NOT
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS...HOWEVER ISOLATED STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
OF GREATER CONCERN WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. BY THEN...WINDS
ALOFT WILL LIKELY HAVE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY AND WILL SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HAIL...IN
ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE SEVERITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SOME AFTER
9 OR 10 PM...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN
INTO THE LOW TO MIDDLE 30S SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL LIKELY PREVENT FROST FROM FORMING FRIDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING
WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD FROST.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...AND
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
BROWNING/IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
446 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM HAIL AVA 36.95N 92.65W
04/21/2005 1.00 INCH DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL 2 S AVA 36.92N 92.65W
04/21/2005 1.00 INCH DOUGLAS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER HAIL AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 5 AND AF
LDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 452 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOZ071-212230- PHELPS- 452 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ST. JAMES TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUBA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR ST. JAMES BY 505 PM CDT. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SAW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
501 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HEAVY RAIN AVA 36.95N 92.65W
04/21/2005 1.00 INCH DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
1 OF RAIN FELL IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.
IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
510 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0507 PM HAIL MANSFIELD 37.12N 92.58W
04/21/2005 1.00 INCH WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED QUARTER HAIL
LDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 519 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 MOZ058-212245- MARIES- 519 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARIES COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIENNA...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF ROLLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE BY 540 PM CDT. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Cherokee County Emergency Management observed a brief tornado touch down in rural western Cherokee County. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that no damage occurred from the tornado.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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